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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-01
An American Agency.

Notwithstanding the heavy import duties
levied by the American government, and
the eXtravagant endeavors made by por-
ton OF the press to decry German pianos,
a constant increase Of exports to the United
States is taking place. So much so that all
the larger German manufacturers have
found it worth their while to establish regu-
lar agencies over there The last instance
being Messrs. f. Rosenkranz, of Dresden,
who have appointed Mr.. Il. L. Schreiner,
of Savannah as their representative
From the Musical Opinion, London Eng.
The general produce and butcher business
at the corner of Whitaker and Liberty
streets, will be conducted in future by
Messrs. Adams & Fleming. and they solicit
a share of the public patronage.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-01
Oak, Pine and Lightwood,

Mems Furnishing Goods at Belsinger's, "a
Whitaker street
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A Standard Xmas GIFT
"She Stoops to CONQUER"

is an assortment of Cclgate's unrivalled
toilet soaps and perfumery Now ready.
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People Wonder How we Do I'll

For sale by r. B. Cassels, corner Taylor auG
East Broad streets. Telephone No. u.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-01

Stiff Hats just out at Belsingers, "a
Whitaker street.
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S2.bOO.OOO

So, 100000
1t was also proposed to issue 81, 900 900 of pre-
ferred stock and SO, 700 900 of common stock of
the new company, OF which 81, 725, 900 preferred
and 81, 10000 of common were to go TO security
holders and creditors Of the Port Royal and
Augusta, under the terms of consolidation.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-01

s $50 900 remain in hands of trustees to retire
outstanding bonds of Augusta and
Knoxville Railroad Company.
IS, 400 sold to pay holders of Augusta and
Knoxville stock the value thereof
determined in agreement of con-
solidation. Sl7 per share.
$50, 900 exchanged for bonds Of Greenwood
Laurens and Spartanburg Railroad
Company.
300,00 exchanged for bonds Greenvle and
Laurens Railroad Company.
500 900 exchanged for bonds Savannah Val
ley Railroad Company.
321 900 placed in treasury of company to be
used for current needs bettermentS,
etc.
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'"That," continued the General, sis the
condition of the road As to our willingness
to sell l will say that all our property is for
sale-at a price | would sell my hat and
go home bareheaded for price. We are
perfectly willing to dispose of the Port
Royal and Western Carolina if we receive
what we want for it, SO far as a probable
sale in the near future is concerned we have
been approached in an indefinite sort of
way, but know of no one who is trying to
purchase the road The Knoxville people
asked US if we would sell if they built the
Knoxville line down to connect with us, and
we have had other conditional propositions,
but no direct Offers
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-16
Dogs as Sentrips.

The idea lately taken in earnest in
the German and Russian armies Of using
dogs for military purposes has been
generally talked of as an innovation.
This, however, as VI. Meunicr shows in
an article in the Revue Scientifquc, is a
mistake. Dogs Of war, it appears, were
well known to the great nations of an
cient times, and Greeks and Romans
and Jews and Gcntiics made use of the
fearless, intelligent animal, whose valor
is now once again to be put TO the test
The Greeks had dogs in every one of
their fortresses; and f. Blaze one of
NJ Meunier's authorities, tells a good
story of an outpost occupied by strong
watch-dogs only. Opposite Corinth,
facing the sea, such an outpost was
situated, guarded by fifty dogs. One
night the enemy began to disembark
The garrison was drunk and the dogs
had to keep back the agrcssors. They
fought like lions, and forty-ninc of them
were killed The only survivor, Softer,
rushed away in hot haste, gave the
alarm in the camp, and the enemy was
driven back.
The Romans, as every one knows,
were less fortunate on a similar occasion
where the geese performed the task Of
the dogs in calling the attention Of the
soldiers to the Gauls scaling the walls Of
the Capitol, while the dogs were fast
asleep, As a punishment for the IN
faithful servants a religious ceremony,
at which even Piutarch had still occa-
sion to laugh on behoding It, was there
after annually performed at Rome. It's
chief features was that some dogs were
taken through the streets with great
pomp, whipped at every cross-road and
in every public place, and finally hanged
on a cross of the wood Of the elder tree,
near the temple Of Youth.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-16
Mushroom. .GrONing in Hin ais.

company was recently organized n
the city Of Chicago which has lea sed five
acres of the tunnels Of the Utica Cement
Manufacturing company for twenty years
for the production Of mushrooms. Tues
day, II. S. Weaver, superintendent of
this new industry, left for France in the
interests Of the organization and W |
bring back a supply of mushroom spawn
imbadded in rich compost, q handful Of
which spawn or seed would be sufficient
to plant acres. There are several gen
tlcmen interested in this new industry,
which is surely novelty in this part Of
the state, or probably in the United
States, for that matter, for, as far as
known, no such large company exists in
this country. The method of raising
this cryptogamic plant as proposed in
the tunnels will doubtless be interesting
to our readers. There are num-
bers of these subterranean cham
bers owned by the Utica
Cement Manufacturing Company, but
only few Of them will be used at first
in the mushroom industry. The soil or
manure will be brought from Chicago by
the carload and made into beds in the
tunnels and the spawn set therein.
A crop can be grown every twenty
four hours, and two crops if desired, rs
all that need be done is to clip off the
head and the fringe will, inside the next
twelve hours, produce another mush-
room plant. The experiment of growing
this delectable article of food has been
tried in English mines, but with the i'm
purities of the gas, air, etc, it was not
possible to obtain success and the at
tempts proved failures. The air of the
tunnels is not impregnatcd with foul
odors, is of an even temperature, ard
the entire conditions are such that a
failure cannot possibly result. The COM
pany at first proposes to put in sufficient
beds to yield 100 bushels per day, which
/ sell in the Chicago market for 30 cents
/ per pound. - La Sallc (Ill.) Press.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-16

THAT does not need to be said" an
swercd the empress, taking the girl by
the hand and leading her to a quiet cor
ner Of the salon.
The Senorita Valdez had been cducat
cd by the best European tutors that her
father liberal offers could secure. She
was mistress of every accomplishment
Carlotta made no secret Of the fact tha
She liked her better than any of the
ladies around her.
',She will be a princess" old Valdez
would repeat a hundred times a day.
The senior moved to the capital, and
established himself in a palace. He
raised regiments for Maximiian, loaned
the government money, and lived on
lavish and extravagant scale.
In his round Of pleasure and excite
ment Valdez came near forgetting a very
important matter. One night it came
upon him with shock
''By all the saints" he exclaimed,
leaping from his bed. In one week
from to-day Rita will be eighteen. What
did the old witch say: Her words all
depended upon an if. My daughter
will be princess, it, All, that if! l
must see to it at oace. Ii any danger
threatens Rita it is during the present
week"
The senor hastily dressed himself and
ran into his daughters room.
Rita was sleeping quietly, and her
face wore the glow of health.
Valdez examined the fastenings of the
windows, and then retired locking the
door and taking the key with him.
The next morning he told Rita Of his
fears, and secured her consent to remain
indoors for several days.
eve must run no risk" the old man
said, as he stroked her head affection
ately.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-16
Practice.

A Texas parent had a son who took
piano lessons at Professor Zweibccr's
house, but was supposed to do his prac-
tlslng on the piano at home. The parent
had a suspicion that the youth did not
practise much. One day he said:
Tommy, do you practise regularly on
the piano when | am down town"
Yes, pa"
Every day?'
''Yes, pa"
"How long did you practise yester-
dayY'
Two hours"
And to-day!'
Three hoursn
Il am glad to hear that you practise
so regularly"
"Yes, pa"
And next time you practise be sure
you unlock the piano Here is the key.
l locked the piano and put the key in
my pocket a week ago. "-LSiftings.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-16
japanese AgitatOrS.

Youngmcn clad in the garments for
merly worn by student; have been
numerous in the streets OF Osaka, Japan,
lately. They lecture in out of the way
corners, and even in crowded streets
when no constable is at hand, upon
political subjects, and lrequ2"tly urge
the doctrines that ''oIfieia, salaries are
the life blood Of the people. - Chicago
News
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-16
A BUNCH OF BANANAS.
IY WALLACE p. REED.

''Nhe Will be princess, if--
Iuaa Valdez leaned forward eagerly
to hear what the wrinklod old hag had
to say.
The fortune-teiIcr again scrutinlzed
the innocent baby face before her, and
looked at the pink little palm extended
in her brown, Icathery hand.
'Nhc will be a princess, if---
Again She paused with evident re-
Iuctauca,
"NpeaA" commanded Senior Valdez.
''NarcIy the power of your evil art has
not deserted YOU Il you can look ilto
the future, tell me what is to befall my
daughter, the last Of her line"
The fortuac-teLer threw her head
back with a proud air. She was very
old woman. There were people in San
Bias who remembered her when she
came to the village three score and ten
years before, and even then her hair
was gray and her face was wrinklcd.
She c,oimcd to be considerably over a
century Old, and no one disputed her
ward
"Senor, Valdez" said the brown
faced sibyL turning her fierce black
eyes full upon him. Il knew your
father, and his father before him. For
three generations l have been at the
Grad lc of every newborn babe in the
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-16

The Game of Progressive Observation.

The Game Of Progressive Observation.
a." Progressive Observation" IS the
name given to a new Boston game that
has been taken up with interest in social
circles. 1t has an advantage over ''doa-
key parties, " and progressive cuchrc IN
that it teaches something useful The
hostess provides five tables, at each cf
which are seated four or five persons,
or even more if desired. Table No /, or
the head table, represents the sense
of sight, the highest sense. Table N.
, is touch, No. 3 hearing, No. smell,
and No. taste. There is a teacher for
each table, and the teacher is supplied
with a variety of objects suited to the
use of the table. For instance,
the teacher at the sight table
holds before each player in turn
a collection of small objects on 4 tray,
and after the lapse of half a minute
takes away the tray and asks the player
to name the articles. Or the teacher
gives each person single article, and
after a short inspection calls for answers
to all the questions that can be asked
about it. Score is kept by the teacher,
and the player making the least mistakes
progresses to the next table
At the close of the evening the player
who has made the most ''progrcssioas'
is awarded the prize The variety of
objects for the several tables is only
limited by the teachers ingenuity and
the resources Of the house. At the
'touch" table the players close their
eyes and depend on the sense Of feeling
alone for their impression of the article
given them. This is not so easy as it
may be supposed. For the 'hcaring'
table musical instrument may be used
| and the test given on note or combi-
nation Of notes; or a number of thin
glasses may be used in like way, the
player being asked to give the number
| of a particular sound which is given
| alone after being struck in regular
succession For the taste and smell
tables the kitchen can be drawn upon,
and such things as flour, meal, powdered
maccaroni, corn starch, granum, and
others, whose taste and smell in tne .~W
state are either not very pronounced or
not familiar, are good for the purpose.
The game is not so much like "chiId's
play" as may be thought. True, it had
its origin in the 'pIays" of kinder
garten, but, as developed and enlarged,
the idea proves very we'll adapted to the
entertainment of grown people, who are
rational enough to like a little sense with
their fun. i Minneapolis Tribune.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-16
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

The transparency of molten iron, TO
ticcd during casting OF several tons,
has been recorded by Mr- W. Ramsey.
L had a yellow tiase.
\ petroleum exhibition is soon 10 be
he'd in St. Petersburg. in connection
with which the Russian minister Of war
offers g prize Of 500 roubles for a com
pact aad practical battery fer electric
lighting with incandesccnt lamps.
If towns were laid out with the streets
in the diagonal directions, northeast and
southwest, northwest and southeast, and
the sun shining into all the rooms some
time during every day in the year, the
effect would be cheering and salutary.
Disasters to eyeaight are evidently
more common than Is generally sup
posed, Judging from the statement
that more than 1000. 600 glass eyes
are made annually in Germany and
Switzerland. An artificial eye seldom
lasts more than five years, the secre-
tion of the glands turning it cloudy.
The Swedish count NJ Bjornstjerna,
suggested more than forty years ago, in
book on The Theogony of the Hin
docs, that. as both poles must have
been cooled to a suitable temperature at
the same time, the earth might have
been peopled from the north pole with
its white races, and from the south pole
with its colored races.
Observations made at the late South
Kensington Aquarium upon the effect of
temperature on fish, show that the dog
fish, mullet, congcr, skate, founder,
bass, cod, trout, catfish. pike, and carp
are extremely hardy, and can exist in a
temperature ranging from 81 deg. to II
deg. The gurnard, wrasse, bull-head,
sole, Dream, cray-fsh. blennic, perch,
dace, tench, minnow, club, roach, and
gudgeon are sensitive to extremes of
temperature.
Perhaps the statement may be Of in
tcrest that the little screcch-owl is get
ting much more common in the vicin-
itv Of cities In which the English
sparrow has become numerous, and
that the imported birds will find in
this owl as bold an enemy as the spar
row-hawk is to them in Europe, and
even more dangerous, since its attacks
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-16
| II

On the morrow Rita would be eighteen.
Valdez passed the day in state of
dazed illumination.
He refused to let his daughter come
down stairs to breakfast, for fear that
she would trip.
NO coffee, my dear, he said, "a
glass of lemonade is more wholesome.
Heavensn' he shriekcd.
"What is it?" asked the astonished
girl.
"Thcre is lemon seed in the glass, "
said her father. You might have swal-
| lowed it.
Rita laughed. 1t was such a trifle,
she told her father.
But Valdez would have his way. He
poured out another glass, and examined
every particle of food that came into the
room He prohibited meat, because it
might produce fever.
He was just as particular about every
thing and before the day was over Rita
i grew so nervous that she did not much
| care whether She lived or died.
Before night the windows were Sc
! curcly barred, the room was searched to
see that no assassin had concealed him
self, and finally at a late hour Valdez
/ told his daughter that he was afraid to
/ give her any supper.
The truth is, he said, Il am afraid
Of poison"
May I have a few bananas?" pleaded
the senorita.
Bananas, " shouted her father, ''Why
of course. They cannot hurt you. Yes,
you shall have a whole bunch"
He gave his orders, and in a few
minutes the tempting looking fruit was
brought into the room.
Valdez kissed his daughter, and
locked her in. He did not tell her of
his purpose but all night long he paced
the hall in his stocking feet with a pis-
toI in his hand
The first gIimmcr of dawn came
through the windows of the palace.
''Rita's eighteenth birthdays said the
happy father with a smiling face. "She
is safe, and what is more, she will be a
princess!"
Gradually the servants began to stir,
and the bright sunshine bathed the walls
in flood of glory.
Senior Valdez quietly unlocked the
door to the we'll guarded chamber, and
stole in on tip-toe.
In moment the widest shrieks and
cries rang through the palace.
The servants rushed to Rita's ROOM
and the unutterable horror OF the sight
before them struck even the boldes
dumb
Senior Valdez lay stretched on the
floor in a death-I:ke swoon.
On the bed lay Rita, her face whittier
than the snowy pillow. There was ;
horrible, brown, hairy something on hel
throat.
One of the women approached gently,
and tore the ugly thing away, and killed
it with her slipper.
1t was tarantuIa, and it had done its
deadly work only too well. Rita's throat
bore the mark of its poisonous sting.
The servants understood it all when
they saw the bunch of bananas in a chair
by the bed. The taran tula had crawlet
out during the night, and had stung the
lovely victim to death while she slept
Valdez recovered consciousness, but i
was only to be driven from the palace
to the asylum. To the day of his deatf
he remained gibbcring maniac, withou
the faintest gcam of sanity. Perhaps i
was a blessing to have his mind so com
pletely wiped out.
When the Empress Carlotta heard O
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-16
Smoking Under Water.

''Do you know how that trick of
smoking under water is dor"?' asked a
Snowman the other day. "YoulI see it
tried in the swimming tanks. 1t looks
strange, admit, to see a man go under
water with lighted cigar il his mouth,
smoke calmly at the bottom, and come
to the surface with the ci ar burning as
nicely as if he were smoking in his easy
chair. 1t is a trick, but it requires
practice. I used to be quite proficient
at it. Just as l threw myself backward
to go down, [ woulI flip the cigar end
for end with my tongue and upper lip
and get the lighted end in my mouth,
closing my lips water tight around it.
A little slippery elm juice gargled Leforc
going in prevents any accidental burning
of the mouth Going slowly down back
ward, | would lie at full length on the
bottom of the tank and blow smoke
through the cut end of the cigar. Just
as I reached the surface again another
flip reversed the cigar, and there | was
smoking calmly. The reversing is done
so quickly that nobody notices IT,
Philadelphia Call.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-16
VOLUME ".
JoT and Sorrow.

EomoAo3y's heart is gay,
And somebody's heart Is sad,
For lights beam bright across the way,
And door with Grape IS clad!
Sadness and gladnesa e'er
Are dw,Iers side by side.
4 dear 0. G on her bier,
Ard the wreatling Of a bride.
Bright eyes are filled with mirth,
Pale faces bend in prayer,
And hearts beside the CHEEKY hearth
Are crushed by stout despair!
All. sorrow and JOY and hope
Are parted by thinnest wall,
Aud o9y on hearts which never opc,
No ghystIy shadows fall,
10 thoughts Of the funeral train
Come to the festive throngs;
No hope that joy will dawn again,
TO stricken souls belongs.
The fut.mc is e'cr q sunny sea
To the children Of Joy and mirth;
But only the frost and its memory
Comes to stricken ones Of earth.
So4ehoIy'5 heart is gay,
And somebody's heart issad,
For light ba2ms bright AFRO = the way,
and "a door with Grape IS clad,
Sadness and gla.i..css e'er
Crowd rouud u, side by side;
A>muy smile ami a sca,ding tear,
So close 5h,y are allied,
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-16
Boring n Square Hole.

A man has spent fourteen years in
solving the problem of boring a square
hole and he has succeeded. A company
is organized to put his invention on the
market 1t IS simply an osci:lating
head with chisel edges and projecting
lips, which cut out the corners in ad-
vance of the chiseI, The balance Of the
machine is an almost exact counterpart
of the old-styIe boring machine, 1t will
cut two-by-four mortice in from four
to five minutes-and do it with perfect
accuracy that a carpenter cannot com
plete in less than half an hour Hal
flax Critic
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-16
Queer Indian Customs in Brazil.

The Indian prayer meetings in the
country are rather a singular admixture
Of superstition and devotion. a doll is
dressed in silk clothes, with candles on
each side, good bit of tinsel work
about it and a ribbon tied about its
waist, 1t rests on the table. Eight or
ten Indian men stand around; one has a
large drum, which he beats continually.
The women sit on the floor, while the
men sing prayers to the saint, the women
responding. They commence praying
about or 8 o'clock and keep it up two
or three hours Then the women with
their little children kiss the ribbons,
asking favors of the saint. The men
then go through the same ceremony
The saint is then locked up in box,
and dancing commences and lasts the
rest of the night. Frequent potions of
whiskey are imbibed by the men, coffee
and wine by the women. When the
men become too drunk to dance longer
they retire to their hammocks and sleep
until SOBER Pittsburg Gazette.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-16
Both Tired,

I've been making mince pies" said
a wife, as the after-dinncr coffee was
brought on, ''and I'm very tired"
"And I've been eating mince pie, ="
remarked her husband land [ am tired,
too, " and he bowed his head upon the
table = New York Sun.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-16
A Now Process

Patron Its $ astonishing what a num-
Der OF new artistic designs have been
invented lately.
Poor Artist Yes, indeed, sir. have
o(ren drawn or an empty stomach. -
It'd Bits.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-16


Between lie curtains = saowv laca,
Over ths w-ay, Is : gAbv@s ,a,r.
l. peeps forth, smiling IN merry r.~a
Ani waves it's pink i.t..s hand 81 aae-
Mr. hear responds with \ 'aaslv cry.
Bg. in tie wonderful rs sn3 by.
ogst from th~ window d Go4a I'm Re"
That other baby shall t~ekon u me
Taa, ever haunting saj 1auEnl faT faoo,
That perfect vision ~ .nfan. grace.
Shall shine on mo ia a sg.ealar ot AEh.
Never To fade from my eager sigh.
All that was ,Akea shall - made Enod--
Al that puzzles me un4srsr-n -n3
And tho ues white han1 taRt I .a.t aae 3
Shal. load mo into tae ba.ser ssav.
Ella Wheo.rv Nt.c7I
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-16
A Severe Mental Tax.

Bobby" said his mother, Il told you
not to forget to bring up three scuttles
of coal before you went to school, and
you only brought up two"
II know, ma, butI forgot the third
one. Three scuttles is good many for a
little boy like me to remember "---New
York Sun.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-16

pat, said American to an Irish
man who had lately landed, and who
was staring at Niagara, Pat, did you
see such faI as that in the old coun-
try"
Faith. and niver did; but do yer
sec, why shouldn't it fall? What's to
prevint lt= falljn'. That's what Id like
ter know
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-16

the death of her favorite she at once dis
continued her court entertainments for
the season. The empress felt the shock
so severely hat it is believed by many
in Mexico that her sub sequent mental
troubles really datel from the death Of
the unfortunate Rita - Atlanta Corsti-
tuti0n